One Up On Wall Street

How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market

By: Peter Lynch

Narrated by: Peter Lynch

More than one million copies have been sold of this seminal book on investing in which legendary mutual-fund manager Peter Lynch explains the advantages that average investors have over professionals and how they can use these advantages to achieve financial success.

America’s most successful money manager tells how average investors can beat the pros by using what they know. According to Lynch, investment opportunities are everywhere. From the supermarket to the workplace, we encounter products and services all day long. By paying attention to the best ones, we can find companies in which to invest before the professional analysts discover them. When investors get in early, they can find the “tenbaggers,” the stocks that appreciate tenfold from the initial investment. A few tenbaggers will turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

Lynch offers easy-to-follow advice for sorting out the long shots from the no-shots by reviewing a company’s financial statements and knowing which numbers really count. He offers guidelines for investing in cyclical, turnaround, and fast-growing companies.

As long as you invest for the long term, Lynch says, your portfolio can reward you. This timeless advice has made One Up on Wall Street a #1 bestseller and a classic book of investment know-how.©1989 Peter Lynch, All Rights Reserved; (P)1989 Simon & Schuster Inc., All Rights Reserved, Sound Ideas is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division Simon & Schuster Inc.

Critic reviews

"All investors would do well to heed this advice."

-- The Wall Street Journal

"The #1 money manager."

-- Time

"A witty, insightful and engaging look at the world of stock picking through the eyes of one of America's premier stock pickers."

-- Joy O. Light, professor of business administration, Harvard University

Beginners Investing 101 (a little dated)

I have heard so much about this book I finally had to read it. I love investing, I am not a professional investor but my knowledge already outstripped most of the lessons. If you truly are a first time investor this book would be an excellent foundational read. Peter Lynch is truly a great investor and story.

Great intro to the fundamentals

listened to a couple chapters several times over, so dense with great information that's fundamentally sound and rooted in results

Great Book

I will definitely listen to it again. He gives lots of criteria for buying and keeping stocks iin your portfolio.

Excellent

This book was nice and concise. It is read by Peter Lynch which is also nice. This book is great for someone looking for a strategy. Peter teaches many standard philosophies that most investors should use as there standard basic rules.

Simple, clear, and concise.

It felt like Peter was in the room, watching you scroll down Yahoo Finance and nodding or pointing.